Sports

January 24, 2005

Santa Barbara Splits Series With Brigham Young

By Jeff Gibson

After Friday night's upset 3-1 victory over #2 Brigham Young, Santa Barbara's winning wave closed out as the defending national champion Cougars split the weekend series, sweeping the UCSB men's volleyball team 3-0.

January 21, 2005

UCSB Shocks Northridge

By Chris Trenchard

The Gaucho Locos may have a knack for the derogatory, the ironic and the downright inappropriate, but it was evidenced in UCSB's 65-52 circumstantial upset over Northridge on Thursday night in the Thunderdome that they a...

January 21, 2005

Santa Barbara Nips CSUN

By Kip Hanson

The Gauchos hit another bright spot on their long and winding road through the 2005 season last night as they defeated Northridge 86-74 with 57 percent shooting in a highly offensive shootout.

January 21, 2005

BYU Heads West for Series

By Jeff Gibson

After winning the first two games of Mountain Pacific Sports Federation play, it seems that nothing can scare Gaucho men's volleyball -- not even defending champions BYU.

January 20, 2005

Student-Athletes Are Students, Too

By Michael Long

During the current scandal culture that pervades college athletics and blankets the whispers of academic negligence, it's comforting to know that UCSB takes pride in confidently enunciating each syllable of the word stud...

January 20, 2005

Autumn Coming Early to Santa Barbara

By Kip Hanson

After a slow season start while adapting to her first full year playing with the team after an injury-induced redshirt season last year, junior forward Autumn Nichols has begun to make a major difference. In her last fou...

January 19, 2005

2005 Baseball Preview: UCSB Yearns for Yesteryear

By Kelly Hayes

In 2001, the UCSB baseball team made its last appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Since then, the Gauchos haven't finished higher than fourth place in the Big West Conference and have been looking for some way to return t...

January 19, 2005

W.Rugby Club: Rugby Breaks in New Turf, Demolishes Visiting Bruins

By Michael Long

The UCSB women's rugby team thumped UCLA on Saturday at Rob Field in the program's first-ever match on the new field turf.

January 18, 2005

Senior Scorches Aggravated Aggs

By Chris Trenchard

Senior guard Chrismen Oliver won't ever get to play against Davis as an official member of the Big West, but he did his best to welcome the Aggies to their future conference Saturday night at the Thunderdome.

January 18, 2005

Santa Barbara Downs Davis

By Kip Hanson

The Gauchos (7-7, 4-1 Big West) reasserted their position as the bossy elder sibling in the Big West Conference as they trounced their soon-to-be conference opponent Davis (5-11) 85-67 on Monday night.

January 18, 2005

Gauchos Come From Behind to Top Tritons

By Jeff Gibson

Atop the bleachers inside Robertson Gym this holiday weekend, a young girl sat with her fingers crossed. She didn't want objects like candy or a brand-new toy to play with; instead she wished for a men's volleyball win w...

January 18, 2005

Gaucho Soccer Busy Over Weekend

By Kelly Hayes

With the national championship game a month behind it, the UCSB men's soccer team continued to reap the benefits of its most successful season in school history on Friday.

January 18, 2005

Swimming: Gaucho Guys Defeat Davis in Pool; Women Fall to Ags, Beat SD

By Sean Lewis

The UCSB men's and women's swim teams welcomed Davis to the Big West and to Campus Pool on Saturday.

January 14, 2005

Gauchos Ride Mustangs

By Chris Trenchard

If the Gauchos had a deep bench, it would have been emptied in Thursday night's 76-56 romp over coastal rival Cal Poly at the Thunderdome.

January 14, 2005

UCSB Gets Back on Track in SLO

By Kip Hanson

Between being forced off the floor by an elbow-shot to the face and sitting out the final minutes of an 88-64 thrashing of league rival Cal Poly (7-5 overall, 2-3 Big West), senior forward Kristen Mann needed only 27 min...

January 14, 2005

Santa Barbara Hosts 49ers to Kick Off MPSF Play

By Jeff Gibson

In response to the recent onslaught of rain to hit Santa Barbara, the UCSB men's volleyball team looks to wash away the memories of its tournament losses and seek redemption tonight at 7 against visiting Long Beach State...